Two Fundraisers Planned For Local Girl's Walk to Cure Diabetes Team
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Noelle's Belles, a JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes team, is holding two fundraisers in October.
The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes raises funds for scientific research to better treat, prevent and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. For this reason, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin in order to stay alive. Unlike type 2 diabetes, it cannot be controlled with lifestyle changes.
Noelle's Belles is the team of Williamstown fourth-grader Noelle Dravis, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes five years ago at the age of 4. Her team walks in the JDRF of Greater Connecticut/Western MA Chapter's walk on Sunday, Oct. 18, at Six Flags New England in Agawam.
The first fundraiser will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the North Adams Movieplex in North Adams. As part of the Fall Foliage Festival extravaganza of downtown events, the public is invited to come see "Hotel Transylvania 2" for just $5 per person. No advance registration is necessary. In this sequel to the popular "Hotel Transylvania," Drac is secretly worried that his half-human grandson, Dennis, isn't showing his vampire side. So, while Mavis and Johnny are away, Drac enlists his friends to help him put the boy through a "monster-in-training" boot camp. But things really get batty when Drac's cantankerous, old-school dad (Mel Brooks) pays an unexpected visit.
The second fundraiser will be Sunday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Williamstown. Hosted by The Progressive Palette, a painting business locally owned and operated by two sisters with a shared passion for art and inspiring others to discover their inner artist, guests to this event will paint a specially created design on their very own canvas to take home with them. The cost is $37, which includes all supplies, instruction and snacks. Seating is limited and advance registration is required online at progressivepalette.com.
For more information on these fundraisers, email Rebecca Dravis or visit Facebook. To donate directly to Noelle's Belles online, visit walk.jdrf.org.
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